Earlham College

Earlham’s 1955 baseball squad won the first conference title of any kind as the Quakers tied for the Hoosier Collegiate Conference crown with an 8-3 record. Overall, the team finished 9-4 and coach George Oberle was named HCC Coach of the Year.

Catcher John Mutchner was the team’s Most Valuable Player. He was All-HCC along with Jim Coulter, Sam DeCou, while Bill Cope, Jerry Michener and Gary Snyder were honorable mention all-conference. Coulter was 5-2 as a pitcher for the Quakers that season, while Snyder was 4-2. Coulter’s 4-0 win over Manchester in the final game of the season enabled the Quakers to earn a piece of the conference title.

Mutchner, Cope, Coulter, DeCou and fellow teammates Paul Harris and Herb Sawyer along with Oberle are all in the Earlham Athletics Hall of Fame as individuals.

Team Members: Front Row (left to right): Ed Goldman, John Mutchner, Jim Coulter, Head Coach George Oberle, Gary Snyder, Jerry Michener. Second Row: Bob Ward, Duane Queener, Gordon Samuels, Sam DeCou, Don Gordon, John Marimon. Third Row: Herb Sawyer, Lou Wolter, Tom Hamilton, Gordon Bruno, Charlie Mullebdore. Back Row: Buz Harris, Dave Boren, Geno DiPietro, Phil Bright, Joe Cox, Buz Duff.